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General Knowledge Quiz #208

Answer these random trivia questions.
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Answer
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
What was the capital before that, from 1713 to 1918?
Saint Petersburg
What would be the appropriate beverage to drink at a Bacchanalia?
Wine
When would someone employ the method developed by Fernand Lamaze?
Childbirth
What word appears in the names of the capitals of Haiti, Papua New Guinea,
and four other countries?
Port
What did Shylock ask for a pound of in "The Merchant of Venice"?
Flesh
What language officially introduced the letter ẞ into its alphabet in 2017?
German
Where would you be most likely to see a "prima donna"?
At the opera
What animal was known to ancient Greeks and Romans as a "horse tiger"?
Zebra
What was World War I known as before World War II came around?
The Great War
What did Narcissus fall in love with?
His own reflection
Whose 8th and final marriage was to a construction worker twenty years her junior,
with the ceremony held at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch?
Elizabeth Taylor
Who would you encounter if you had a "close encounter of the third kind"?
Aliens
The "La Brea Tar Pits" of Los Angeles have a redundant name. What does La Brea mean?
The Tar
What is the most populous country that is located entirely on islands?
Indonesia
How does a true Scotsman say yes?
Aye
Who addressed a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 saying that it was
possible to build an atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein
(and others)
What fictional character was portrayed by George Reeves and Christopher Reeve?
Superman
What sport has been humorously referred to as "handegg"?
American Football
What city is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte a suburb of?
Colombo
What other "pool" can be found about 30 miles north of Liverpool?
Blackpool
"Is the Pope Catholic?" is an example of what type of question?
Rhetorical Question
APHill
+5
Level 75
Aug 3, 2020
Re: that last one - you never know...
IsleAuHaulte
+6
Level 89
Aug 3, 2020
I'll admit a pedant award for myself: The First World War was long (and is still to a degree) commonly referred to as The Great War. It was referred to as The World War when it was the only one yet to have occurred.
Findlay
+5
Level 82
Aug 3, 2020
Actually, I've heard the handegg designation applied to lots of codes. Outside of the US, it's more likely to refer to rugby - union or league. I've also heard it used for Australia Rules, though less commonly.
nonono
+12
Level 88
Aug 13, 2020
"Handegg" is never used in the US. It's generally only found in comments by non-Americans that resent North Americans' use of "football" for tackle football and "soccer" for what much of the world calls football.
jmellor13
+6
Level 67
Aug 27, 2020
Agreed. I've never once heard this term from an American.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Jul 20, 2023
handpig maybe.
KanzazKyote
+18
Level 87
Aug 4, 2020
I tried "stupid" for the longest time for the last one
samd195
+4
Level 67
Aug 27, 2020
Me too 😂
BMDragon
+2
Level 82
Aug 4, 2020
Please accept "human" or "human meat" for the Shylock question
jmellor13
+11
Level 67
Aug 27, 2020
He very famously asks for a pound of flesh. The phrase has become commonplace in English use. It really should only accept "flesh."
nerdalert
+1
Level 85
Oct 5, 2021
It's used all the times in movies. I don't know how you would avoid hearing it at some point.
Chris19
+7
Level 51
Aug 5, 2020
I think you have the wrong letter "ß". "ß" (lowercase) has long been a part of the German language, and of the (extended) German alphabet. "ẞ" (the uppercase version of the same letter) was added in 2017. They look very similar in many fonts, and I have never actually noticed the uppercase version anywhere in writing.
fromaj
+1
Level 70
Aug 6, 2020
I can type ß, but it comes out as SS with capslock. Interesting.
Moos1005
+2
Level 83
Aug 6, 2020
I second that comment. The capital "ẞ" doesn't appear at the beginning of any word requiring capital letters in German, but when you write words in all caps you previously had to change it to "SS" or keep a lowercase "ß" until 2017.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Aug 6, 2020
Replaced ß with ẞ
WillemLAif
+11
Level 76
Aug 6, 2020
I had a German SS joke for this, but then I realized it might be consider an insult, vulgar, spam and strictly forbidden.
llamedos
+1
Level 44
Sep 11, 2020
Don't mention the war
loganite
+4
Level 88
Aug 6, 2020
Accept more type ins for the Narcissus question? I tried several answers containing the word "image" (image, his image, own image), and several containing the word "self".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 7, 2020
Self will work now in addition to himself.
chitrajainn
+5
Level 55
Aug 26, 2020
More typeins for the Lamaze question? Tried in labor/labor for the longest time and then gave up
Mjlr3802
+2
Level 67
Aug 27, 2020
I second this. Tried pregnancy and labor/labour
scherre
+1
Level 56
Aug 29, 2020
Thirding this request. My first answer was labour/labouring.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 29, 2020
Labor/labour will work now.
kalbahamut
+25
Level 82
Aug 27, 2020
The description on the front page asks "what is the capital of Moscow?"
Geopro
+5
Level 59
Aug 27, 2020
I was so confused when I saw it first. I thought it was some sort of tourism catchphrase meaning the Red Square or something. Probably needs changing.
jafe
+23
Level 81
Aug 27, 2020
The letter M, clearly.
MrBizzaros
+7
Level 59
Aug 27, 2020
The front page still says "What is the capital of Moscow?"
camus
+6
Level 78
Aug 27, 2020
As a kid I used to ask my mother what the capital of New York was, and she said New York doesn't have a capital (I went "okay... but please tell me anyway" in typical nagging kid fashion). As an adult I found out that New York is also the name of a state, and therefore that New York really has a capital. Now it's the same here. Moscow is also the name of an oblast. The capital of Moscow is Moscow.
jafe
+2
Level 81
Sep 2, 2020
I don't think Moscow is actually the capital of Moscow oblast. The city is a separate administrative region (a "federal city") and is not part of the surrounding oblast of the same name.
camus
+2
Level 78
Sep 4, 2020
Moscow is the administrative center of the oblast, that's where I got the idea from. But you're right, it's not actually the capital. Shame.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 27, 2020
Fixed
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Aug 27, 2020
That would be the capital M.
stylus
+1
Level 76
Aug 27, 2020
one of these questions commits a ‘no true scotsman’ fallacy
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 71
Aug 27, 2020
Just rhetoric was not enough for the last question??
MindWax
+2
Level 83
May 26, 2022
No
ander217
+1
Level 75
Aug 27, 2020
I've never read Merchant of Venice and I always assumed that expression came from the Bible. I'm glad to learn correct answer.
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Aug 27, 2020
You should read it! It's one of his best, and Shylock is one of the most fascinating characters in all of literature.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Aug 27, 2020
To me it seems like "tiger horse" would make more sense than "horse tiger"... the animal is much more like a horse than a tiger, but it has some superficial tiger-like features. I was trying to imagine some big cat that was similar to a horse, like with long skinny legs or something...
sidhera
+1
Level 57
Nov 7, 2023
fwiw the tiger part is referring only to the stripes, not anything to do with the shape of the animal.

This is a feature of ancient Greek (attributive adjectives always follow their noun), so other Greek names for non-native animals work the same way. You'll get the form/feature first, then the notable characteristic second. Thus, we get hippopotamus (horse of the river), camelopardalis (camel-leopard, i.e. a camel looking thing with spots = giraffe), and rhinoceros (nose-horned).

AJsaba
+1
Level 49
Aug 27, 2020
Can you accept "meat" for flesh?
RobNobody
+1
Level 76
Feb 17, 2023
That's not the answer, though.
Onelimwen
+1
Level 54
Aug 27, 2020
Ay should also be accepted for Aye
AlexThirkell
+6
Level 75
Aug 30, 2020
nae
jennraven
+2
Level 68
Aug 27, 2020
The horse tiger question made me think totally irrelevantly of 马马虎虎
Gaia
+1
Level 41
Aug 29, 2020
Please accept rhetoric for rhetorical.
quizzicalguy
+13
Level 65
Aug 30, 2020
Please accept a wrong answer as a correct one based on my preference to not answer correctly. Thank you.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Jul 20, 2023
Please accept all the answers I type in. :D
mirtaxsisko
+2
Level 75
May 7, 2021
seriously, what is the deal with all these superman questions?? i've been making my way through general knowledge quizzes and something superman related shows up on at least 30 of them
leontodon
+1
Level 64
Dec 28, 2023
That's one of his superpowers.
CostingMoney
+5
Level 46
Jun 13, 2021
apparently stupid isn't the answer for the last one..
AbiA
+2
Level 83
Nov 10, 2021
I would suggest that the question is tautological whilst not necessarily being rhetorical.
duckwantbread
+2
Level 64
Jan 4, 2022
Did anyone else try "Reality TV" for the Prima Donna question?
stylus
+2
Level 76
Jan 15, 2022
how come this has 22 not 20 like all other general knowledge quizzes?
JuanTacoDiez
+1
Level 15
Apr 21, 2022
What??? I typed Saint Petersbourg but it didnt count as an answer. Same thing happens on world map quiz with Saint Kettis and Nevis for me. What the hell is going on.
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 80
Jul 4, 2022
Well your problem might be that you spelled both of them wrong. It will probably help if you spelled them as St Petersburg and St Kitts
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Dec 19, 2022
Saint Petersbourg is how it's spelled in French so that 'mistake' is perhaps understandable.
Andrew169
+1
Level 73
Jan 8, 2023
I have watched and listened to American Football since 1975 and I have never once heard "handegg"
LuigiDood227
+3
Level 64
Feb 7, 2023
It's used soccer fans to mock the sport if it's lack of feet (despite the foot) and a round ball (kinda shaped like an egg)

Nobody actually calls it professional handegg tho.

RJG
+1
Level 60
Feb 16, 2023
16/22, could have got more though
pablovb
+1
Level 33
Jan 30, 2024
How does "Italy" serves as an alternative answer to "At the opera"?

Great quizzes though!

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